Tuesday, January 9, 2024

"Groovin'"

I listened to a couple Elvis Presley albums yester-day because it was his birthday, and I found a similarity between his "My Baby Left Me" (written by Arthur Crudup) and Manfred Mann's "Groovin'" (which the Groovin' with Manfred Mann EP credits to King and Bathea, apparently Ben E. King and James Bathea.)

To me, it sounds like the third verse of "My Baby Left Me" starts with the lines:
Baby, one of these mornin's, Lord, it won't be long
You'll look for me, baby, and daddy will not know
although some internet sources I referenced transcribe the lyrics (with odd line breaks) as
Baby, one of the mornings
Lord, it won't be long
You'll look for me
Baby, and daddy, he'll be gone
In any case, the second verse of "Groovin'" starts with nearly identical lines:
One of these mornin's and it won't be long
You'll look for me, and I'll be gone
Because the lines resemble each other so closely, I think this is an intentional similarity, but I'm not certain.